Vipers (10s), Fairfield County Irrigation (9s) Capture Babe Ruth Titles

LEFT: The Dr Henry Gellert DDS Vipers defeated Onyx 12-12 at SAC Field to capture the Newtown Babe Ruth Baseball 10-year-old title. The Vipers trailed 5-1 and 10-6 in the game before taking a 13-11 lead and holding on in the final inning for the win. Front row, from left, are David Vallerie, JP Kitzmiller, Logan Puleri, Cassie Ekstrom and Nick Swenson. Middle row – Vikram Makayee, Michael Daubert, Robert Linden, Alex Lapinski and Cullen Mitchell. Top row – assistant coach Allan Linden, head coach Jim Lapinski and assistant coach Ken Kitzmiller. Missing – Cooper Gold. RIGHT: Fairfield County Irrigation Systems won the Babe Ruth 9-year-old title. Front row, from left, are Nick Eisele, Jason Ferrari, Tim Drotar, Brendan Grant, Colin Morrissey and Connor LeMay. Middle row – Andy Braun, Bobby Archiere, Patrick Carello, Stephen Grasso, Kevin Liniger and Logan Walsh. Back row – coaches Ron Drotar, John Eisele, Jeff Grasso and Eric Liniger.